Time Spiral

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Time Spiral is the fortieth Magic expansion and was released in October 2006 as the first set in the Time Spiral block. It includes 301 all new cards and a 121 "Timeshifted" bonus reprint subset that are destributed in 15 card boosters including ten commons, three uncommons, one rare and one Timeshifted card. Most of the cards in this expansion reference past cards in some way.

Mechanics & Themes

The theme of the Time Spiral expansion is the past. Many mechanics and themes that appeared previously in past expansions also appear in Time Spiral. These include the keywords Buyback, Echo, Flanking, Flashback, Madness, Morph, Shadow, and Storm. Returning themes include Slivers, Spellshapers and Thallids. Three new time-related mechanics were introduced in this expansion. These are Flash, Split Second and Suspend. Lao on theme are the Timeshifted cards, each of which is a reprint of a card from Magic's past.

Storyline

After more than its fair share of cataclysms, Dominaria lies in ruins. Salt rains from the sky and the air is poisonous. Time also seems to be in trouble, as people, places and things from the plane's past seem to appear and disappear on their own. Teferi returns from his phased-out home, so as to find such destruction, and he realizes that the connection between land and mana is breaking. He seeks the help of Freyalise to repair the plane.

Cycles

Time Spiral has 19 cycles:

• Mana-costless cycle: Restore Balance, Ancestral Vision, Living End, Wheel of Fate, Hypergenesis and Lotus Bloom are each rare spells with the Suspend ability, no mana cost, and an effect of a powerful spell from Magic's past.

• Buyback cycle: Evangelize, Walk the Aeons, Demonic Collusion, Reiterate and Wurmcalling are each rare spells with Buyback.

• Flash Aura cycle: Temporal Isolation, Ophidian Eye, Feebleness, Ghitu Firebreathing, and Aether Web are each common Auras with Flash.

• Allied color Flashback cycle: Momentary Blink, Mystical Teachings, Strangling Soot, Ancient Grudge and Thrill of the Hunt are each common instants with a Flashback cost that includes the allied color that follows in the sequence WUBRGW from the color of the spell.

• Morph cycle: Weathered Bodyguards, Vesuvan Shapeshifter, Liege of the Pit, Fortune Thief and Thelonite Hermit are each rare creatures with Morph and abilities that reference a card from Magic's past.

• Rare split second cycle: Angel's Grace, Trickbind, Sudden Spoiling, Word of Seizing and Stonewood Invocation are each rare instants with Split Second.

• Uncommon split second cycle: Celestial Crusader, Wipe Away, Sudden Death, Sudden Shock and Krosan Grip are each uncommon spells with Split Second.

• One mana suspend cycle: Ivory Giant, Viscerid Deepwalker, Corpulent Corpse, Keldon Halberdier and Durkwood Baloth are each common creatures with suspend costs of C.

• Rare sliver cycle: Pulmonic Sliver, Psionic Sliver, Plague Sliver, Sedge Sliver and Fungus Sliver are each rare slivers that grant slivers the abilities of a rare creature from Magic's past.

• Uncommon monocolored sliver cycle: Quilled Sliver, Telekinetic Sliver, Vampiric Sliver, Fury Sliver and Might Sliver are each monocolored uncommon slivers.

• Uncommon multicolored sliver cycle: Opaline Sliver, Dementia Sliver, Ghostflame Sliver, Firewake Sliver and Harmonic Sliver are each uncommon slivers with CD in their mana cost, where C and D are allied colors of mana.

• First common sliver cycle: Sidewinder Sliver, Screeching Sliver, Mindlash Sliver, Two-Headed Sliver and Gemhide Sliver are each common 1/1 slivers.

• Spellshaper cycle: Icatian Crier, Tolarian Sentinel, Urborg Syphon-Mage, Flowstone Channeler and Greenseeker are each common spellshapers with an activated ability resembling a common card from Magic's past.

• Second common sliver cycle: Watcher Sliver, Shadow Sliver, Basal Sliver, Bonesplitter Sliver and Spinneret Sliver are each common slivers.

• Magus cycle: Magus of the Disk, Magus of the Jar, Magus of the Mirror, Magus of the Scroll and Magus of the Candelabra are each rare Human Wizard creatures with the converted mana cost and abilities of a powerful artifact from Magic's past.

• Totem cycle: Thunder Totem, Chronatog Totem, Phyrexian Totem, Foriysian Totem and Weatherseed Totem are each uncommon artifacts with "T: Add C to your mana pool" and an activated ability to turn the card into a creature on the Reserved List with a cost of that creature's mana cost.

• Two color Legendary creature cycle: Ith, High Arcanist; Dralnu, Lich Lord; Kaervek the Merciless; Stonebrow, Krosan Hero; and Saffi Eriksdotter are each rare legendary creatures with mana costs that include CD, where C and D are allied colors of mana. Each of these legendary creatures represent characters from Dominaria's past.

• Storage land cycle: Calciform Pools, Dreadship Reef, Molten Slagheap, Fungal Reaches, and Saltcrusted Steppe are each uncommon lands with "T: Add 1 to your mana pool. 1,T: Put a storage counter on [this]. 1, Remove X storage counters from [this]: Add X mana in any combination of C and/or D to your mana pool." where C and D are allied colors.

• Rancor Aura cycle: Spirit Loop, Fool's Demise, Fallen Ideal, Undying Rage and Aspect of Mongoose are each uncommon Auras that grant the enchanted creature an ability and have "When [this] is put into a graveyard from play, return [this] to its owner's hand."

Points of Interest

• Time Spiral is the first set since the Alliances expansion to distribute cards in boosters differently from the typical eleven commons, three uncommons and one rare format.

• Time Spiral is the first expansion to include a separate bonus subset of cards. While modern Core Sets include a small subset of cards, these are only included in introductory packages and are not distributed in boosters.

• Several rules changes accompanied the release of Time Spiral. Most of the returning mechanics received at least a small update (such as Echo now specifying a cost instead of using the mana cost of the permanent by definition). In addition, the rules governing cards without mana costs were changed to allow a cycle of spells only playable by the Suspend ability, and a new rule was created causing +1/+1 and -1/-1 counters coexisting on the same permanent to eliminate each other in order to avoid confusion.

• Both non-rare cards with Buyback are blue.

• All cards with Echo are red.

• All cards with Madness are black.

• All non-rare cards with Morph are blue.

• All cards with Storm are red.

• Celestial Crusader is the only creature, and the only non-instant, with Split Second.

• Consecrate Land, like many of the first Magic cards, did not have at least a copy of the original artwork retained by Wizards of the Coast. Instead, the original artist, Jeff A. Menges painted what could be considered a forgery of his own artwork from images of the original card for use in Time Spiral.

• Gemstone Caverns was designed by Tsuyoshi Fujita as "Unluckyman's Paradise" for the 2005 Invitational tournament and was the card selected by readers on magicthegathering.com to appear in a following expansion.

• Paradox Haze is the first card with Enchant player. It was inspired by a submission to the You Make the Card event.

• Prismatic Lens is strictly better than Mana Prism and Celestial Prism.

• Sarpadian Empires, Vol. VII is the first card to have an entirely italicized name.

• Stuffy Doll is the only card in the expansion with indestructibility.

• Thunder Totem is the only card in the Totem cycle whose artist is not the same as the card it refers to.

• Voidmage Prodigy is the only Timeshifted card not to feature the artwork used in its original printing. The artwork from a promotional version was used here instead.

Most of the cards in Time Spiral were inspired by cards from Magic's past. The following Points of Interest attempt to identify these inspirations for the non-Timeshifted cards.

• Academy Ruins: Name refers to Tolarian Academy. Ability refers to Volrath's Stronghold.

• Amrou Scout: Name and creature type refer to Amrou Kithkin. Ability refers to other Rebel creatures from the Masques block.

• Amrou Seekers: Name and creature type refer to Amrou Kithkin. Name and ability refer to Seeker.

• Ancestral Vision: Name, artwork and ability refer to Ancestral Recall.

• Ancient Grudge: Ability refers to Shatter and Primitive Justice. Flavor text refers to Fires of Yavimaya.

• Ashcoat Bear: Name, artwork, creature type and power/toughness refer to Grizzly Bears and company.

• Aspect of Mongoose: Name and ability refer to Blurred Mongoose and Nimble Mongoose.

• Assassinate: Name, ability and flavor text refer to Royal Assassin.

• Assembly-Worker: Name, abilities and power/toughness refers to Mishra's Factory.

• Barbed Shocker: Name, artwork and ability refer to Shocker.

• Basal Sliver: Name, ability and flavor text refer to Basal Thrull.

• Basalt Gargoyle: Name and abilities refer to Granite Gargoyle.

• Benalish Cavalry: Name refers to Benalia.

• Bewilder: Ability refers to Dizzy Spell.

• Blazing Blade Askari: Card refers to Burning Shield Askari and Searing Spear Askari. Ability refers to Raging Spirit.

• Bogardan Hellkite: Name refers to Bogardan and the hellkite Dragons.

• Bogardan Rager: Name refers to Bogardan. Flavor text refers to Beasts of Bogardan.

• Bonesplitter Sliver: Name refers to Bonesplitter.

• Brass Gnat: Name and ability refer to Brass Man.

• Brine Elemental: Name, power/toughness and creature type refer to Water Elemental.

• Calciform Pools: Ability refers to storage land cycles.

• Call to the Netherworld: Ability refers to Raise Dead. Flavor text refers to horrors and Pit Spawn.

• Cancel: Ability refers to Counterspell.

• Candles of Leng: Name refers to Candelabra of Tawnos and Library of Leng. Ability refers to Jayemdae Tome. Flavor text refers to Tolaria and Archivist.

• Careful Consideration: Flavor text refers to Jhoira and Teferi.

• Castle Raptors: Name and ability refer to Castle. Artwork refers to the Aven.

• Celestial Crusader: Name and ability refer to Crusade.

• Chameleon Blur: Flavor text refers to Freyalise.

• Children of Korlis: Name and flavor text refer to Martyrs of Korlis. Ability refers to the bodyguard ability of the Martyrs.

• Chromatic Star: Name and ability refer to Chromatic Sphere.

• Chronatog Totem: Name, artwork, abilities and artist refer to Chronatog.

• Chronosavant: Name, mana cost, artwork, ability and power/toughness refer to Necrosavant.

• Clockwork Hydra: Name and ability refer to the clockwork artifact creatures.

• Cloudchaser Kestrel: Name, creature type and ability refer to Cloudchaser Eagle and Aven Cloudchaser. Ability refers to Aurora Griffin.

• Coal Stoker: In design, ability referred to Priest of Gix, adding RRRR to your mana pool, but that proved too powerful. On the printed card the name and ability refer to Coal Golem.

• Conflagrate: Mana cost and abilityrefer to Meteor Shower.

• Coral Trickster: Name, creature type and power/toughness refer to Coral Merfolk.

• Corpulent Corpse: Ability, creature type and power/toughness refer to Gluttonous Zombie.

• Crookclaw Transmuter: Name, creature types, artwork, artist and power refer to Crookclaw Elder. Ability refers to Transmutation.

• Curse of the Cabal: Name and ability refer to Braids, Cabal Minion. Artwork refers to the Grand Coliseum.

• Cyclopean Giant: Name, mana cost and ability refer to Cyclopean Tomb. Name, mana cost, ability, and power/toughness refer to Cyclopean Mummy.

• Dark Withering: Name and ability refer to Dark Banishing.

• D'Avenant Healer: Name, ability and power/toughness refer to D'Avenant Archer. Ability refers to healers such as Samite Healer.

• Deathspore Thallid: Name and abilities refer to the thallids.

• Deep-Sea Kraken: Name, ability, artist and power/toughness refer to Tidal Kraken.

• Dementia Sliver: Ability and power/toughness refer to Nebuchadnezzar.

• Demonic Collusion: Name and ability refer to Demonic Tutor.

• Divine Congregation: Name and ability refer to Congregate.

• Draining Whelk: Art and ability refer to Mana Drain.

• Dralnu, Lich Lord: Name refers to Dralnu from the Planeshift expansion. Name and abilities refer to Lich and Recoup. Creature type and artwork refer to Lord of the Undead.

• Dread Return: Ability refers to Zombify. Artwork refers to Mindslicer.

• Dreadship Reef: Ability refers to storage land cycles.

• Dream Stalker: Name, artwork and power/toughness refer to Dream Prowler.

• Drifter il-Dal: Name refers to the il-Dal. Name, mana cost, ability, upkeep cost and power/toughness refer to Spindrift Drake.

• Drudge Reavers: Name, artwork and ability refer to Drudge Skeletons. Flavor text refers to Lim-Dul.

• Durkwood Baloth: Name refers to Durkwood. Name and artwork refer to the baloth beasts.

• Durkwood Tracker: Name refers to Durkwood. Name and ability refer to Tracker.

• Duskrider Peregrine: Name and abilities refer to Duskrider Falcon.

• Empty the Warrens: Name, ability and flavor text refer to Goblin Warrens.

• Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder: Name and abilities refer to Endrek Sahr from flavor text of the Fallen Empires expansion.

• Errant Doomsayers: Ability and power/toughness refers to Aysen Bureaucrats.

• Errant Ephemeron: Name, artwork, creature type, ability and power/toughness refer to Ephemeron.

• Eternity Snare: Ability refers to Dehydration.

• Evangelize: Name and ability refer to Preacher.

• Evil Eye of Urborg: Name, mana cost, artwork, creature type, ability and power/toughness refer to Evil Eye of Orms-by-Gore.

• Faceless Devourer: Name, creature type, abilities and power refer to Faceless Butcher.

• Fallen Ideal: Name, artwork and ability refer to Fallen Angel.

• Fathom Seer: Artwork and ability referred to Dream Cache in design. Printed ability refers to Gush.

• Feebleness: Name, artwork and ability refer to Weakness.

• Firemaw Kavu: Name, artwork, creature type, ability and power/toughness refer to Flametongue Kavu.

• Firewake Sliver: Ability refers to Fires of Yavimaya. Flavor text refers to Yavimaya and Skyshroud.

• Flagstones of Trokair: Name refers to Trokair. Ability refers to Tithe.

• Flamecore Elemental: Name, creature type, flavor text and power/toughness refer to Fire Elemental.

• Fledgling Mawcor: Name, artwork, creature type, abilities and artist refer to Mawcor.

• Flickering Spirit: Name, artwork, creature type, ability and power/toughness refer to Blinking Spirit. Name and ability refer to Flicker.

• Flowstone Channeler: Name and ability refer to Flowstone strike.

• Fool's Demise: Name and ability refer to False Demise.

• Foriysian Interceptor: Name and ability refer to Foriysian Brigade.

• Foriysian Totem: Name, artwork, abilities and artist refer to Two-Headed Giant of Foriys.

• Fortify: Abilities refer to Army of Allah and Shield Wall. Flavor text refers to Korlis.

• Fortune Thief: Converted mana cost, ability and power/toughness refer to Ali from Cairo.

• Fungal Reaches: Ability refers to storage land cycles.

• Fungus Sliver: Name, mana cost, artwork, ability and power/toughness refer to Fungusaur.

• Fury Sliver: Flavor text refers to the Capashen family and Benalish Hero.

• Gauntlet of Power: Name, artwork and abilities refer to Gauntlet of Might.

• Gaze of Justice: Name and additional cost refer to Hand of Justice. Artwork refers to Reiver Demon. Ability refers to Swords to Plowshares.

• Gemhide Sliver: Name refers to Gemstone Mine. Ability refers to Birds of Paradise. Flavor text refers to Freyalise.

• Gemstone Caverns: Ability refers to Gemstone Mine.

• Ghitu Firebreathing: Abilities refer to Ghitu Fire and Ghitu War Cry.

• Ghostflame Sliver: Ability refers to Ghostly Flame. Flavor text refers to Freyalise and Sliver Queen.

• Glass Asp: Name and ability refer to Nafs Asp.

• Goblin Skycutter: Ability refers to Earthbind.

• Gorgon Recluse: Name, mana cost, creature type, ability and power/toughness refer to Infernal Medusa.

• Grapeshot: Name and ability refer to Scattershot.

• Greater Gargadon: Name, artwork, creature type, ability and artist refer to Lesser Gargadon.

• Greenseeker: Ability refers to Lay of the Land.

• Griffin Guide: Name and abilities refer to Elephant Guide.

• Ground Rift: Ability refers to Falter.

• Gustcloak Cavalier: Name, ability and power/toughness refer to Alaborn Cavalier. Ability refers to Gustcloak Sentinel.

• Harmonic Sliver: Mana cost and ability refer to Aura Shards. Flavor text refers to Skyshroud Ranger.

• Haunting Hymn: Name, ability and flavor text refer to Hymn to Tourach.

• Havenwood Wurm: Name refers to Havenwood.

• Herd Gnarr: Name, artwork, creature type, ability, flavor text and artist refer to Glade Gnarr.

• Hivestone: Ability refers to Ashes of the Fallen.

• Hypergenesis: Ability refers to Eureka.

• Ib Halfheart, Goblin Tactician: Name refers to Ib Halfheart from Ice Age block flavor text. Ability refers to Mogg Alarm.

• Icatian Crier: Name, artwork and ability refer to Icatian Town. Ability also refers to Raise the Alarm.

• Ignite Memories: Ability refers to Kaboom!

• Ironclaw Buzzardiers: Name, creature type, Ability and power/toughness refer to Ironclaw Orcs. Ability refers to Goblin Balloon Brigade.

• Ith, High Arcanist: Name refers to Ith from The Dark expansion. Ability refers to Maze of Ith.

• Ivory Giant: Ability refers to Blinding Light.

• Ixidron: Name and ability refer to Ixidor, Reality Sculptor.

• Jaya Ballard, Task Mage: Name refers to Jaya Ballard from (mostly) the Ice Age block. Abilities refer to Pyroblast, Incinerate and Inferno, each of which have used flavor text composed of a quote from Jaya Ballard.

• Jedit's Dragoons: Name, creature type and flavor text refer to Jedit Ojanen. Name, ability and power/toughness refer to Radiant's Dragoons. Ability and power/toughness refer to Ardent Militia.

• Jhoira's Timebug: Name, artwork and power refer to Jhoira's Toolbox.

• Kaervek the Merciless: Name refers to Kaervek from the Mirage block. Ability refers to Kaervek's Purge. Flavor text refers to Mangara.

• Keldon Halberdier: Name refers to Keld. Name, artwork, ability and toughness refer to Halberdier.

• Kher Keep: Name and ability refer to Kobolds of Kher Keep. Flavor text refers to Teferi.

• Knight of the Holy Nimbus: Name and abilities refer to Clergy of the Holy Nimbus.

• Krosan Grip: Name refers to Krosa. Ability refers to Naturalize. Flavor text refers to Kamahl.

• Liege of the Pit: Name refers to Liege of the Axe. Name, artwork, creature type, abilities and power/toughness refer to Lord of the Pit.

• Lightning Axe: Name, art and ability refer to Lava Axe. Flavor text refers to Granite Gargoyle.

• Lim-Dûl the Necromancer: Name refers to Lim-Dul from the Ice Age block. Abilities refer to Animate Dead and Boneknitter.

• Living End: Name and ability refer to Living Death.

• Locket of Yesterdays: Name and ability refer to Stone Calendar.

• Looter il-Kor: Name refers to the il-Kor. Name and ability refer to Merfolk Looter.

• Lotus Bloom: Name, artwork, suspend cost and ability refer to Black Lotus.

• Magus of the Candelabra: Name, converted mana cost, artwork, ability and flavor text refer to Candelabra of Tawnos. Flavor text refers to Urza, Tawnos, Teferi and Jhoira.

• Magus of the Disk: Name, converted mana cost, artwork, abilities and flavor text refer to Nevinyrral's Disk.

• Magus of the Jar: Name, converted mana cost, artwork and ability refer to Memory Jar.

• Magus of the Mirror: Name, converted mana cost, artwork and ability refer to Mirror Universe.

• Magus of the Scroll: Name, converted mana cost, artwork and ability refer to Cursed Scroll.

• Mana Skimmer: Name, artwork, creature type and ability refer to Mana Leech.

• Mangara of Corondor: Name refers to Mangara from the Mirage block. Ability refers to Vindicate. Flavor text refers to Amber Prison.

• Might of Old Krosa: Name refers to Might of Oaks. Artwork refers to Giant Growth.

• Might Sliver: Ability refers to Muscle Sliver. Flavor text refers to Skyshroud Ranger.

• Mindlash Sliver: Ability refers to Earsplitting Rats. Flavor text refers to Sliver Queen.

• Mindstab: Name, artwork and ability refer to Mindstab Thrull.

• Mishra, Artificer Prodigy: Name refers to Mishra from (mostly) the Antiquities expansion.

• Mogg War Marshal: Name refers to the Mogg race of goblins. Name and ability refer to Goblin Marshal.

• Molder: Name and ability refers to Creeping Mold. Ability refers to Detonate.

• Molten Slagheap: Ability refers to storage land cycles.

• Momentary Blink: Name, mana cost and ability refer to Flicker.

• Moonlace: Name and ability refer to the Lace cycle from the original Alpha set. Name, artwork, ability and flavor text refer to Pale Moon.

• Mwonvuli Acid-Moss: Name refers to Mwonvuli. Name and avility refer to Acid Rain. Name, mana cost and abliity refer to Creeping Mold. Ability refers to Nature's Lore.

• Mystical Teachings: Name and ability refer to Mystical Tutor.

• Nantuko Shaman: Name refers to the Nantuko insects from the Odyssey and Onslaught blocks.

• Nether Traitor: Name, mana cost, creature type, abilities and power/toughness refer to Nether Shadow.

• Nightshade Assassin: Name, mana cost, creature type, abilities and power/toughness refer to Nekrataal. Name and ability refer to Nightshade Seer and Scent of Nightshade.

• Norin the Wary: Name and flavor text refer to Norin from various flavor text.

• Opal Guardian: Name, artwork and ability refer to Opal Gargoyle. Artwork, ability and artist refer to Abbey Gargoyles.

• Opaline Sliver: Converted mana cost and ability refer to Rayne, Academy Chancellor.

• Ophidian Eye: Name, mana cost and ability refer to Ophidian.

• Orcish Cannonade: Name, mana cost, ability and flavor text refer to Orcish Cannoneers. Flavor text refers to Orcish Captain.

• Outrider en-Kor: Name refers to the en-Kor. Name and ability refer to other en-Kor creatures, such as Warrior en-Kor.

• Paradise Plume: Name and ability refer to Birds of Paradise. Ability refers to Sol Grail. Ability refers to the new Lucky Charms from the Darksteel expansion.

• Paradox Haze: Flavor text refers to Teferi.

• Pardic Dragon: Name, mana cost, artwork, creature type and abilities refer to Shivan Dragon.

• Pendelhaven Elder: Name, ability and flavor text refer to Pendelhaven. Flavor text refers to Jacques le Vert.

• Pentarch Paladin: Name, creature type, ability and power/toughness refer to Northern Paladin and Southern Paladin.

• Pentarch Ward: Name and ability refer to the Ward cycle in the original Alpha set as well as other wards, such as Flickering Ward.

• Penumbra Spider: Name, mana cost, creature type, ability and power/toughness refer to Giant Spider. Name and ability refer to Penumbra and other Penumbra creatures, such as Penumbra Bobcat.

• Phantom Wurm: Name, mana cost, artwork, creature type and effective power/toughness refer to Craw Wurm. Name, creature type, abilities and power/toughness refer to Phantom Centaur.

• Phthisis: Ability refers to Agonizing Demise.

• Phyrexian Totem: Name, artwork, abilities and artist refer to Phyrexian Negator.

• Pit Keeper: Ability refers to Oversold Cemetery.

• Plague Sliver: mana cost, upkeep cost and power/toughness refer to Juzam Djinn.

• Plated Pegasus: Name, artwork and power/toughness refer to Armored Pegasus. Ability refers to Benevolent Unicorn.

• Plunder: Name and ability refer to Pillage.

• Premature Burial: Mana cost and ability refer to Terror. Ability refers to Dark Banishing.

• Primal Forcemage: Abillity refers to Tribal Forcemage.

• Prismatic Lens: Name and abilities refer to Mana Prism.

• Psionic Sliver: Name, mana cost, ability, flavor text and power/toughness refer to Psionic Entity.

• Psychotic Episode: Converted mana cost and ability refer to Coercion.

• Pull from Eternity: Flavor text refers to Femeref.

• Pulmonic Sliver: Mana cost, abilities and power/toughness refer to Avenging Angel.

• Quilled Sliver: Mana cost, abilities and power/toughness refer to Crossbow Infantry.

• Reiterate: Artwork and ability refer to Fork. Flavor text refers to the Mirari and Kamahl.

• Restore Balance: Name, artwork, ability and artist refer to Balance.

• Return to Dust: Ability refers to Altar's Light.

• Rift Bolt: Name, ability and suspend cost refer to Lightning Bolt.

• Riftwing Cloudskate: Ability and power/toughness refer to Man-o'-War.

• Saffi Eriksdotter: Name refers to Saffi Eriksdotter from the flavor text of Lhurgoyf. Ability refers to Angelic Renewal.

• Sage of Epityr: Name refers to Epityr. Name, ability and power/toughness refer to Sage Owl.

• Saltcrusted Steppe: Ability refers to storage land cycles.

• Sangrophage: Name, artwork, creature type, ability, flavor text and artist refer to Carnophage.

• Sarpadian Empires, Vol. VII: Name refers to flavor text found in the Fallen Empires expansion. Artwork and ability refer to creature types featured in the Fallen Empires expansion. Ability refers to Riptide Replicator.

• Savage Thallid: Creature type and abilities refer to Feral Thallid.

• Scarwood Treefolk: Name refers to Scarwood.

• Scion of the Ur-Dragon: Name, creature type and flavor text refer to the cycle of legendary dragons from the Invasion expansion.

• Screeching Sliver: Ability refers to Hair-Strung Koto. Flavor text refers to Benalia.

• Scryb Ranger: Name, creature type, ability and power/toughness refer to Scryb Sprites. Name, ability and power/toughness refer to Quirion Ranger.

• Search for Tomorrow: Mana cost, artwork and ability refer to Untamed Wilds.

• Sedge Sliver: Name, mana cost, ability and power/toughness refer to Sedge Troll.

• Sengir Nosferatu: name refers to Sengir. Name, mana cost, creature type, ability and power/toughness refer to Sengir Vampire.

• Serra Avenger: Name refers to Serra. Name, creature type and ability refer to Serra Angel. Flavor text refers to flavor text found on white cards in the Urza's block.

• Shadow Sliver: Flavor text refers to the Rathi Overlay and Sliver Queen.

• Sidewinder Sliver: Mana cost, ability, flavor text and power/toughness refer to Mtenda Herder.

• Skittering Monstrosity: Name and ability refer to Skittering Skirge. Name, creature type and ability refer to Skittering Horror. Flavor text refers to the Phyrexian Invasion.

• Skulking Knight: Name and ability refers to Skulking Ghost. Artwork, creature type, ability and power/toughness refer to Shadow Rider.

• Slipstream Serpent: Artwork, creature type, abilities and power/toughness refer to Sea Monster.

• Smallpox: Name and ability refers to Pox.

• Snapback: Abilities refer to Unsummon and Misdirection and other pitch spells. Flavor text refers to Tolarian Sentinel.

• Spectral Force: Name, artwork, creature type, ability and power/toughness refer to Force of Nature. Name and ability refer to Spectral Bears. Flavor text refers to Pendelhaven Elder.

• Spell Burst: Name, mana cost, ability and flavor text refer to Spell Blast.

• Spike Tiller: Name, artwork, creature type, abilities and power/toughness refer to other Spike creatures such as Spike Colony. Ability refers to Verdant Touch.

• Spiketail Drakeling: Name and abilities refer to Spiketail Hatchling and Spiketail Drake.

• Spinneret Sliver: Ability refers to other Spider creatures such as Giant Spider.

• Spirit Loop: Name, artwork and ability refer to Spirit Link.

• Sporesower Thallid: Name, creature type and abilities refer to Thallid.

• Sprite Noble: Name, converted mana cost, abilities and toughness refer to Faerie Noble.

• Sprout: Ability refers to Chatter of the Squirrel.

• Squall Line: Name, mana cost and ability refer to Fault Line and Hurricane.

• Stonebrow, Krosan Hero: Ability refers to Fervent Charge. Flavor text refers to Krosa.

• Stonewood Invocation: Name and ability refer to Stonewood Invoker.

• Stormcloud Djinn: Name, creature type and abilities refer to Cloud Djinn. Ability and flavor text refer to Electric Eel.

• Strangling Soot: Name and ability refer to Smother.

• Strength in Numbers: Name and ability refers to Mob Mentality. Flavor text refers to Pendelhaven Elder.

• Stuffy Doll: Name and artwork refer to the artwork of Black Vise, The Rack, etc.

• Subterranean Shambler: Name, artwork, creature type and ability refer to Subterranean Spirit.

• Sudden Death: Name and ability refer to Death Pulse.

• Sudden Shock: Name and ability refer to Shock.

• Sudden Spoiling: Mana cost and ability refer to Sorceress Queen. Ability refers to Humility.

• Sulfurous Blast: Ability refers to Steam Blast. Flavor text refers to Keld.

• Swarmyard: Abilities refer to Elephant Graveyard.

• Tectonic Fiend: Flavor text refers to Pardia.

• Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir: Name refers to Teferi originally from the Mirage block and Zhalfir. Abilities refer to Flash and City of Solitude.

• Telekinetic Sliver: Mana cost, ability and flavor text refer to Opposition. Flavor text refers to Freyalise.

• Temporal Eddy: Name and ability refer to Temporal Spring.

• Temporal Isolation: Ability refers to Muzzle and Pacifism.

• Tendrils of Corruption: Ability refers to Corrupt.

• Terramorphic Expanse: Ability refers to Terminal Moraine.

• Thallid Germinator: Name, converted mana cost, creature type, abilities and power/toughness refer to Thallid Devourer.

• Thallid Shell-Dweller: Name, creature type and abilities refer to Thallid.

• Thelon of Havenwood: Name refers to Thelon and Havenwood from the Fallen empires expansion. Mana cost and ability refer to Night Soil. Abilities and flavor text refer to Thallid.

• Thelonite Hermit: Name refers to Thelon. Name, creature type, abilities and power/toughness refer to Deranged Hermit.

• Thick-Skinned Goblin: Name, creature type, ability, flavor text and toughness refer to Keeper of Kookus.

• Think Twice: Flavor text refers to Tolaria and Archivist.

• Thrill of the Hunt: Ability refers to Holy Strength.

• Thunder Totem: Name, converted mana cost, artwork and ability refer to Thunder Spirit.

• Tivadar of Thorn: Name refers to Tividar and Thorn. Name, artwork, ability and power/toughness refer to Knights of Thorn. Name, mana cost, ability and flavor text refer to Tivadar's Crusade.

• Tolarian Sentinel: Name refers to Tolaria. Ability refers to Rescue.

• Traitor's Clutch: Ability refers to Breach.

• Trespasser il-Vec: Name and flavor text refer to City of Traitors. Ability refers to Thalakos Drifters. Power/toughness refer to Dauthi Marauder. Flavor text refers to the Rathi Overlay and City of Traitors.

• Trickbind: Ability refers to Interdict and Stifle.

• Triskelavus: Name, mana cost, abilities and power/toughness refer to Triskelion. Name, mana cost, artwork, abilities and power/toughness refer to Tetravus.

• Tromp the Domains: Name and ability refer to Overrun. Ability refers to the Domain mechanic from the Invasion block. Flavor text refers to Benalia, Llanowar, Hurloon and Urborg.

• Truth or Tale: Name and ability refer to Fact or Fiction.

• Two-Headed Sliver: Ability refers to Goblin War Drums.

• Undying Rage: Name and ability refer to Maniacal Rage. Flavor text refers to Skyshroud and Keld.

• Unyaro Bees: Name, converted mana cost, abilities and power/toughness refer to Killer Bees. Name, artwork and ability refer to Unyaro Bee Sting.

• Urborg Syphon-Mage: Name and ability refer to Syphon Soul.

• Urza's Factory: Name, artwork, land type and ability refer to Urza's Mine, Urza's Power Plant and Urza's Tower. Name and ability refer to Mishra's Factory. Flavor text refers to Urza and Mishra.

• Vampiric Sliver: Name and ability refer to Sengir Vampire.

• Venser's Sliver: Card type and creature type refer to Metallic Sliver.

• Verdant Embrace: Name, artwork and ability refer to Verdant Force. Name and ability refer to Gaea's Embrace.

• Vesuva: Name and ability refer to Vesuvan Doppelganger.

• Vesuvan Shapeshifter: Name, mana cost, artwork, ability and power/toughness refer to Vesuvan Doppelganger.

• Viashino Bladescout: Name and power/toughness refer to Viashino Sandscout. Flavor text refers to Viashino Bey.

• Viscerid Deepwalker: Name and creature type refer to Homarids from the Fallen Empires and Alliances expansions. Mana cost, ability and power/toughness refer to Sea Spirit.

• Viscid Lemures: Name, mana cost, ability, flavor text and power/toughness refer to Hyalopterous Lemure. Flavor text refers to Norin the Wary.

• Voidmage Husher: Name and ability refer to Voidmage Apprentice.

• Volcanic Awakening: Name, artwork and ability refer to Volcanic Eruption.

• Walk the Aeons: Name, artwork and ability refer to Time Walk.

• Watcher Sliver: Mana cost and ability refer to Castle. Flavor text refers to Amrou.

• Weathered Bodyguards: Name, ability and power/toughness refer to Veteran Bodyguard.

• Weatherseed Totem: Name, artwork, abilities and artist refer to Weatherseed Treefolk.

• Wheel of Fate: Name, artwork and ability refer to Wheel of Fortune.

• Wipe Away: Ability refers to Boomerang.

• Word of Seizing: Ability refers to Threaten.

• Wormwood Dryad: Name and abilities refer to Wormwood Treefolk.

• Wurmcalling: Ability refers to Riptide Replicator.

• Yavimaya Dryad: name, mana cost, ability and power/toughness refer to Yavimaya Elder.

• Zealot il-Vec: Name and ability refer to Farrel's Zealot.

Outside Links

• Official product page
• Official rules primer

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